Subj : FreeBSD 4.3-RC buffer issue
To   : Lawrence Garvin
From : Brad Laue
Date : Sat Apr 14 2001 06:43 pm

Hello Lawrence!

Apr 14 2001 17:24, Lawrence Garvin wrote to Tobias Ernst:

 TE>> FreeBSD for sure works on a non-Pentium machine,

 LG> version 4.x?

Yep :)

 LG> Since it is a relatively recent release of an open-source product, 
 LG> I'd be hesistant to recommend it will work on a sub-Pentium processor 
 LG> unless somebody has either:

 LG>    (a) specifically experienced success, or

 LG>    (b) is willing to recompile the sources to ensure they are not 
 LG> Pentium optimized -- cuz I suspect the shipping binaries are 
 LG> optimized.


I've installed FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE on a 486DX4 100MHz with 16MB of RAM, and 
then ran
'make installworld' from an NFS share, which installed i686 optimised sources 
(no way 
am I waiting for a 486 to make world :) ). It runs very smoothly. The one thing 
that needs
to be specified, as you may know, is the CPU type in the kernel config file.

I had the opportunity to install it on a 386, but I wimped out at the last 
minute. I'll 
have to give that a shot sometime soon. :)

Brad

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